Hyperbole -exaggeration or overstatement. -"I told you a thousand times!"
Alliteration - the repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words. -"Dusk demands daylight"
Rhythm & Rhyme - a pattern of words that contain similar sounds. -"A sunshiny shower, Won't last an hour."
Metaphor - comparison of two unlike things using the verb "to be" and not using like or as as in a simile.-"Time is a thief"
Analogy - the comparison of two pairs which have the same relationship. -"Surfs are to a king as earth is to the sun"
Repetition -Same word is repeated over and over for larger emphasis. -"Leapinghigher, higher, higher,"
Personification -giving human qualities to animals or objects."The breeze was whistling."
Satire -a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule."Animal Farm" - It is a satire of the Russian Revolution
Onomatopoeia - is a word that imitates the sound it represents.
also imitative harmony "Poof!"
Oxymoron - putting two contradictory words together."Found missing"
Malapropism - an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, esp. by the confusion of words that are similar in sound."It is beyond my apprehension."
Euphemism -the substitution of an agreeable or less offensive expression in place of one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant to the listener."Kick the bucket"
Allusion - a brief reference to a person, event, or place, real or ficticious, or to a work of art."I am no Prince Hamlet"
Allegory - a form of extended metaphor, in which objects, persons, and actions in a narrative, are equated with the meanings that lie outside the narrative itself."Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Examples of Poetic Devices
Hyperbole - exaggeration or overstatement.
-"I told you a thousand times!"
Alliteration - the repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words. -"Dusk demands daylight"
Rhythm & Rhyme - a pattern of words that contain similar sounds. -"A sunshiny shower, Won't last an hour."
Metaphor - comparison of two unlike things using the verb "to be" and not using like or as as in a simile. -"Time is a thief"
Analogy - the comparison of two pairs which have the same relationship. -"Surfs are to a king as earth is to the sun"
Repetition - Same word is repeated over and over for larger emphasis. -"Leaping higher, higher, higher,"
Personification - giving human qualities to animals or objects. "The breeze was whistling."
Satire - a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule."Animal Farm" - It is a satire of the Russian Revolution
Onomatopoeia - is a word that imitates the sound it represents.
also imitative harmony "Poof!"
Oxymoron - putting two contradictory words together. "Found missing"
Malapropism - an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, esp. by the confusion of words that are similar in sound. "It is beyond my apprehension."
Euphemism - the substitution of an agreeable or less offensive expression in place of one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant to the listener. "Kick the bucket"
Allusion - a brief reference to a person, event, or place, real or ficticious, or to a work of art. "I am no Prince Hamlet"
Allegory - a form of extended metaphor, in which objects, persons, and actions in a narrative, are equated with the meanings that lie outside the narrative itself. "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne